Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
In nature, diversity is key to healthy ecosystems and the people who live in these ecosystems. Diversity in social systems is a complex reality. How is progress toward equity gauged? Who is gauging it? Diversity and interdependence are core values for the Forest Service, and to help reach these goals, Northern Research Station scientists are examining diversity, equity and inclusion within the USDA Forest Service as well as looking at equitable access to benefits from access to forests and natural areas, equitable safety from environmental burdens, and to understand the implications of past and current discrimination through the lens of natural resources.
Related Research
Diversity in Science-based Careers
- Diversity & Inclusion in the Forest Service Workforce: Trends and Advances over a Twenty-Year Period
- Green jobs training and employment result in an increased sense of accomplishment as well as positive environmental attitudes and behaviors in young adults
Environmental Justice
- Adapting to crisis: Understanding green space use and experience, public land management, and civic stewardship during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Engaging Detroit Communities through Reforestation across Six Different Site Types: A Project of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Stillmeadow PeacePark & Forest: An Experiment in Rehabilitation of a Degraded Urban Forest
- Measuring Park Access and Environmental Justice in Baltimore
- Baltmore Ecosystem Study Long Term Ecological Research (external link)
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Diversity in Science-based Careers
- Enhancing institutions and research through human diversity: reflections on diversity, inclusion, and the future of plant and natural resource sciences
- Juggling parenthood and ornithology: A full lifecycle approach to supporting mothers through the American Ornithological Society
- An Adaptive and Evidence-Based Approach to Building and Retaining Gender Diversity within a University Forestry Education Program: A Case Study of SWIFT
- Discrimination and Career Satisfaction: Perceptions from US Forest Service Scientists
Environmental Justice
- Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Ambiguity and clarity in residential yard ordinances across metropolitan areas in the United States
- Exploring the relationships between tree canopy cover and socioeconomic characteristics in tropical urban systems: The case of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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